Cultivator attachment.



'Fig. 2 is a 'STATES' 'PATENT @EFI DANIEL B. BBOWNING, MORRISON,OKLAHOMA.

cULTrvAToR ATTACHMENT.

Speci-cation of Letters Patent.

" Applicationiled April. 9, 1909. Serial'No. 488,971.

To altwkomdt mogconcem: 4

4Be iig-known, that I, DANIELE. BnowNiNG,

,a citizen ,of the United States,and a resident of Morrison, in thecounty of Noble and State of Oklahoma, have invented `certain new andusefullmprovements in Cultivator Attachments, specification.`

My invention is .an improvement in culti vator attachments, andconsistsin certainnovel .constructions and combinations of lparts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

hanger arm B which is secured to the fender Vso by rivets C, the freeend of the hanger belng attachedy'to' the cultivator inany suitablemanner.

A runner D is adjustably secured to each fender blade, the runnercomprising a subf stantially horizontal portion E, and a verportion oftheV and nuts O are tical portion F, the vertical portion being providedat approximately the center thereof with a bushing Gr square in crosssection as shown. The bushing consists of two sections, each section Hof the bushing being provided `with a longitudinal grove I, the

grooves coacting to form an opening for 1'e.

ceiving the vert-ical portion of the runner.

The 4fender at its forward `end and near its upper and .lower edges is-provided with spaced openings K, which are adapted to receive the armsM of a yoke N, the body yoke embracing the bushing, provided forengaging 4the threaded ends of the arms to secure the yoke and thebushing in place.

It will be evident from the description, that by loosening the nuts Othe runner may be adjusted vertlcally of the blade, whereby tio-'bringthe horizontal portion toward or from the lower edge of the said blade.

The arrangement of the bushing also spaces the vertical portion vof therunner away from .of which. the following is a:-

' arm and the runner the blade, solthat the runner as a Whole is off-settoward the inner side 'of the fender.

The inclination of the horizontal portion of the runner with respect tothe .fender blade may also be varied, by the same ad justment, wherebyto bring the horizontal portion into alinement with the said edge, or atan angle thereto as may'be desired. The operation oftheiniprovementisas: follows: The fender issupported-by. the hangerdistance below the edge ofthe blade to 4prevent the soil throwncovering: the plants, while permitting some of the soi-l to be throwntoward the plants at the roots thereof.

The engagement of the runner with thev ground prevents the fender beingymoved out of place by the soil thrown up by the plow, as would be thecase were the fender suspended from above alone. of the runner alsopermits the fender to fall in with the inequalities of the ground, so asto perfectly protect the plants, even when they occupy a lower levelthan the wheels yof the cultivator.

It will be'observed that the openings in the fender bladefor receivingthe arms of the upper yoke, traverse also the hanger arm, and that theinnermost section of thel bushing, that is the section adjacent to thefender blade is provided with perforated ears Q upon each side throughwhich the arms of the yoke pass, for retaining the bushing in properposition. The surfaces of the grooves through. which the verticalportion of the runner passes/are as shown at R, for preventing slippingof the runner. The runner is placed on the inner side of the blade, thatis on the side neXt to the plows, and the hanger arm is of such lengththat the shaft or plow will stand at a point about five of six inches inrear of the front end of the blade: At its rear end as will be observedfrom an inspection of Fig. l, the runner is farther. from the lower edgeof the blade than it is at its front end, that is the horizontal portionofthe runner is inolined rearwardly and downwardly with respect to thelower edge of the blade. `It will be observed, that the runner whichconsists essentially of a pair of integral arms arranged at an angle toeach other, is rotatably connected to the blade by one of the armswhereby the other arm may beadjust- Patented Got. A19, 11909..'

is adjusted va Isuiiicien-tup. by the plows from The provision alsocorrugated ed to various angles with respect to the blade, for thepurpose of varying the quantity7 of dirtthrown to the plant.

claim: ,l 1. In a cultivator, a fender blade, means for .pivotallyconnecting the blade to the cultivator, and a runnerin connection Withthe blade, said runner comprising a pair of arms arranved at an an e toeach other, one arm being cbelow the b ade and adapted to engage theground, and means for adjustably connecting the other' arm to the bladeto permit it to swing on a vertical axis for'the purpose set forth, saidmeans comprising a split bushing in which the other' arm is sllda le androtatable, the blade being provided with spaced pairs of openings, andyokes Whose body portions engage the bushing and Whose threaded armstraverse the opening, and nuts engaging the arms'for securing the partsin position.

2. In a cultivator, a fender blade, anda runner in' connection with theblade, said runner comprising a pair of arms arranged at an angle toeach other, one arm beingA below the blade and adapted to engage theground, and the other being mounted for" swinging movement on a verticalaxis on the blade, whereby to permit the arm which engages the ground toswing laterally-with res ect to the blade for the purpose set forth, anmeans in connection with the attaching means for permittin said runnerto be adlllsted vertically Wit respect to the fender a e.

3..The combination with a cultivator, of a fender blade supported by thecultivator, a runner in connection with the blade, the runner comprisinga pair of integral arms arranged at an angle to each other, one of thearms being adapted to en age the ground,

and the other to be rotatab y connected with the blade, whereby thefirst named arm may be adjusted to various angles with respect to theblade for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL B. BR'O'WNING.

